Canada's flagship AI conference highlighted new investments, international partnerships and the country's leadership in AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming economies and creating new opportunities across industries. ALL IN 2026, an initiative of Scale AI, is Canada's flagship AI conference. The two-day event showcased the strength of Canada's AI ecosystem and brought together innovators, investors, researchers and international partners to help shape the future of AI.
At ALL IN 2026, the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, undertook a series of high-profile engagements, including keynote addresses at the conference's opening and closing sessions, panel discussions, and stakeholder meetings, highlighting Canada's leadership in AI and strengthening collaboration with domestic and international partners. Highlights included the following:
- Minister Solomon joined Mila, Mozilla and Hypertec as they announced plans to establish a Canadian-led open-source AI consortium. The initiative aims to make advanced AI tools easier and more affordable for small and medium-sized businesses and other organizations to adopt, while giving users greater choice and control over their technology and data.
- He announced, alongside Dr. Karsten Wildberger, Germany's Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation, and Yoshua Bengio, Founder and Scientific Director of LawZero, that the Government of Canada and the Federal Government of Germany are planning to invest CAD 150 million and EUR 100 million, respectively, in LawZero to develop a fundamentally new form of advanced AI, designed to be trustworthy, transparent and safe by design.
- He welcomed a new applied research partnership between Mila and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, strengthening Canada-Germany collaboration in areas including safe AI systems, open-source AI, smart energy and Earth observation. He also co-chaired the first meeting of the Sovereign Technology Alliance with Minister Wildberger to advance practical Canada-Germany cooperation on AI, digital infrastructure and other critical technologies.
Canada's AI ecosystem continues to attract global investment and talent, anchored by world-leading researchers, innovative startups and companies developing technologies that improve productivity and competitiveness across sectors. Through Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All and investments in research, commercialization and adoption, Canada is helping ensure AI delivers economic benefits for Canadians while advancing innovation that is safe, responsible and trusted.
